leaving tomorrow...

[Canotrouge]

Look like we are leaving tomorrow for a few days out... We will be able to test the Ti stove and the Cold handle frying pan... Maybe even getting some meat since we are going to look for bisons, even if the chances are quite slim, if you don't go then you can't get one!!

 

[memaquay]

Good luck! I've only eaten bison once and it was excellent!

 

[yellowcanoe]

O they have to be tough to bring down!

 

[Canotrouge]

One shall not get to excited about getting one, they are really hard to get to, and the harvest success is getting lower and lower every year!! But we will try!

 

[Muskrat]

That Ruger no 1 of yours should make an excellent buffalo getter. Good luck.

 

[yellowcanoe]

I met too many bison on the road to Alaska and the Yukon. When they have the whole herd in the road.. you stop and you stay stopped. Thou shall not pass GO if the alpha male disapproves.

 

[latremorej]

Good luck! I'm already awaiting the photos!

Jason

 

[Canotrouge]

So we are all packed up and almost ready to roll in the morning, a friend of ours decided he would tag along... And it happen he has 3 skandiks so it will be a bit different for us we never travel with skidoos, but it will be good and easier if we do get something... Fingers cross!!

We should be back on thursday... so maybe a report on friday or so...

 

[Odyssey]

Safe trip and have fun!
So when you do bring an adopted cuddly fluffy little bison home what are you going to call it?

 

[GearFreak]

So when you do bring an adopted cuddly fluffy little bison home what are you going to call it?

Jerky

 

[Odyssey]

Jerky

LOL!!

 

[Grandpa Paddler]

Several years ago there was a commercial buffalo ranch 30 miles south of us. They had a retail store (not cheap) and several area restaurants had it on the menu. Anyway, have a safe and fun trip.

 

[Odyssey]

There's a bison farm just outside of town here. It's strange to see them scattered across the pasture looking so out of place in this fenced landscape. Once upon a time they roamed across much of North America.

There have been efforts to reintroduce plains bison herds.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ab/ban...ent/bison.aspx
http://www.nwf.org/What-We-Do/Protec...storation.aspx
I really enjoyed a visit to the Alberta historic site Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump.
http://www.history.alberta.ca/headsmashedin/history/archaeology/archaeology2.aspx
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[Muskrat]

There was a herd in the next pasture where I grew up. Most people were always excited to see them. I was used to them so I didn't get the fascination. One would get loose from time to time and end up in our yard eating from the bird feeders. I hear a lot of people say they're mean, hard to work, and tear down fences, but the weak single wire electric was usually enough to keep them in. This small herd had the majority of a section to roam though, so they were pretty content.

 

[Grandpa Paddler]

There's a bison farm just outside of town here. It's strange to see them scattered across the pasture looking so out of place in this fenced landscape. Once upon a time they roamed across much of North America.

There have been efforts to reintroduce plains bison herds.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ab/ban...ent/bison.aspx
http://www.nwf.org/What-We-Do/Protec...storation.aspx
I really enjoyed a visit to the Alberta historic site Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump.
http://www.history.alberta.ca/headsmashedin/history/archaeology/archaeology2.aspx
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Thanks for the links. Interesting reads.

 

[Canotrouge]

Up here they have been introduce and are Wood Bisons, much much bigger than prairie o plain bisons... But we didn't find them, only old tracks and poop... Came back a day early weather was a bit rough... More to come.

 

[VernAK]

Canot,

Friends have seen your Woods Bison as high as the Dall's Sheep.....WTH?

A digital/GPS airborne camera was used to get a population estimate......have you heard any results?

 

[Canotrouge]

Canot,

Friends have seen your Woods Bison as high as the Dall's Sheep.....WTH?

A digital/GPS airborne camera was used to get a population estimate......have you heard any results?

Yes they seem to like the alpine quite a bit, easier feeding and harder for hunters to get to them!!

As for population estimate, I didn't hear anything!